Online posts- still no absolute freedom

Sunil Abraham, executive director, Centre for Internet and Society clarifies that online posts are not exactly without regulations. Pornography or voyeurism on the net postings can be charged according to IT act.

We do not want more freedom than we already have for posting on internet. Everything within limit including 'right of expression' keeps society clean from fanatics.

True. To some extent I blame the blogger Rahim for his blatant writings abusing a particular religion. This blogger should know that freedom of expression doesn't mean, one can express in any way he chooses. The blogger who was killed has dug his own grave.

Freedom does not mean doing anything, including immoral acts, with an excuse that it is not written anywhere in the regulations. So, it is important that ‘Freedom’ is well defined; otherwise the offenders will find loopholes and misutilize it.

Freedom is well defined. But people understand the first part of the definition, "Freedom brings along with it Responsibility." the second and vital part "responsibility" is conveniently ignored.

Well not all activity should be allowed either. So yes banning on required things is necessary. Freedom not include bad things.

If one realizes the impact of such irresponsible offences on their own family members, perhaps there may be a a chance of wisdom prevailing on them.

In any society, system abusers outnumber the Users. Law breakers outnumber the law abiding people. India is not an exception. Freedom of speech will certainly be abused. This is my opinion.

There is a difference one can express his/her feelings but to write against any religion or community I won't say is good as one can't hurt someone's feelings through his/her freedom of expressing it online or anywhere.

Freedom comes with a tag "Responsibility".

usha manohar wrote:There has to be a limit and boundaries for everything in life - As the saying goes too much is too bad, so also freedom of expression since it can easily become verbal abuse and infringe on another person's freedom. Any kind of freedom also comes with responsibilities..

True..any kind of freedom has to be borne with equal amounts of responsibilities. But normally it is taken for granted that internet offers you a degree of anonymity and that one can get away with any reckless or thoughtless comment. Thankfully with technology, now such people can be tracked easily and punished. Yet people take many things for granted, freedom being one of those.

Just because, we have freedom, we cannot encroach into the peripheries of others freedom. As Usha and Kalyani said appropriately tfreed any fail to notice the tag"Responsibility" attached to freedom.

rambabu wrote:

Freedom comes with a tag "Responsibility".

 

Yes they both are linked one should understand his/her social  responsibility before getting indulged in any such situation.

People conveniently ignore those factorswhich are not in favor of them. This is the human nature. This has to be curbed and condemned